Otherworld Openings: When the Ancestors Call
Medicine Stories8 Loka 2018

Otherworld Openings: When the Ancestors Call

In which I ramble about some of my ancestral resonances, the blocks I've had around exploring parts of my heritage, and what happens when we step through the portal to the Otherworld and let the magic in...

  • When different lineages call- following what pulls me in the moment
  • My deep ancestry in the American south, and the sense of home I feel even though I've never been there
  • Embarrassing confession: my first concert
  • Connecting to our ancestors through music and dance
  • My DNA results, how they've changed over time, and a comparison between the 3 different autosomal tests I've done (Ancestry.com, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA)
  • The best time to buy a DNA test
  • The 5th great grandparents I just found through Ancestry's cool new feature DNA Circles
  • A resource for old books on genealogy & myth/lore
  • Finding the meaning of surnames
  • When the portal to the Otherworld opens
  • A message for you from the archetype of the Seer

Links:

My website MythicMedicine.love

Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)

The Medicine Stories Facebook group

Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?

Mythic Medicine on Instagram

Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

Forgotten Books

Ancestry.com's Surname Origins page

The Wildwood Tarot

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